Cllr Robert Alden, Cllr Bob Beauchamp and Cllr Gareth Moore passed on Christmas greetings to postmen and women at the Erdington Delivery Office, including delivering boxes of mince pies for the staff to enjoy as a token of their appreciation.

More than 600 residents from across the Erdington and Kingstanding area have signed the petition in the first week of the campaign to save the Police Station front desks at Castle Vale, Erdington and Kingstanding Police Stations.

Local Conservative Parliamentary Campaigner Robert Alden has launched a campaign to stop Labour Police Commissioner David Jamieson from closing the front desks at Castle Vale, Erdington and Kingstanding Police Stations.

The Labour Council have announced their first wave of play area closures, announcing three in Erdington Constituency will close. So far one in Rookery Park, junction of Windsor Place/Tudor Gardens and Wheeldon Park have all been listed for closure. Parliamentary Spokesman Cllr Robert Alden has launched a campaign with collegues from across the Constituency to save them.